Ramon Dominguez won his ninth straight riding
title on The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) circuit and Todd Pletcher
topped the trainer standings Sunday at the conclusion of Belmont Park’s
Spring/Summer Meet.
Dominguez, the nation’s leading rider, finished the meet with 73
winners, 23 more than runner-up Javier Castellano, while Pletcher saddled 25
winners for his 22nd
NYRA meet training title. Gary Contessa finished second with 21 winners
among trainers.
Michael Dubb was the leading owner with 15 winners, taking his first
meet title.
Dominguez, 33, began his streak of meet titles nearly 18 months ago, winning
Aqueduct’s 2008-09 Inner Track Meet (124 victories), followed by the 2009
Aqueduct Spring Meet (29), the 2009 Belmont Spring/Summer Meet (98), the 2009
Saratoga Meet (45), the 2009 Belmont Fall Championship Meet (39), the 2009
Aqueduct Fall Meet (38), 2009-2010 Aqueduct Inner Track Meet (109) and the
Aqueduct Spring Meet (27).
Nationally, through Sunday, Dominguez ranked first in wins with 204 and
first in purses earned ($8.1 million). Pletcher was first in purses earned among
trainers with $12.9 million and second in races won with 159.
With the conclusion of Belmont
Park’s
Spring/Summer Meet, racing moves to Saratoga Race Course beginning Friday, July
23, for the newly expanded 40-day meet that runs through Labor Day, Monday,
September 6. First post on most days is 1 p.m., with live racing conducted
Wednesday through Monday. Visit NYRA.com for
more information.